Tatsuya NOMURA
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Tatsuya Nomura investigates the intersection of human-robot interaction, social psychology, and technology acceptance, focusing on how individual differences—particularly social anxiety and gender attitudes—shape preferences for robots over humans in daily communication. His landmark 2019 study, with 742 participants, revealed that a substantial proportion of people prefer robots as conversation partners, especially those with highly humanlike appearances, and that individuals with higher social anxiety are more likely to choose robots over people. This work, cited 5 times, provides foundational evidence for designing socially assistive robots that can support socially anxious users. In his 2023 research, Nomura extended this line of inquiry by examining how gender equality orientation influences preferences for male- or female-appearing robots in occupation-specific communication contexts, contributing to ethical design considerations in robotics. His research has been published in leading venues such as the International Journal of Social Robotics and proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. Nomura’s work is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the psychological and social factors that determine human-robot relationships, offering critical insights for creating robots that are both acceptable and beneficial in everyday life.
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